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  • adjective Without sleeping; vigilantly.

Etymologies

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unsleeping +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • There, I would huddle unsleepingly at his side, recounting the bizarre, blood-chilling events that had transpired during his absence.

    Nevermore Harold Schechter 1999

  • But under the mask of frippery he worked unsleepingly to advance the Church of Rome, for he had secretly taken orders as a Jesuit Priest.

    English Travellers of the Renaissance Clare Howard

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